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White Stone Company: 78 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

White Stone Company · Surface
Controlled by Mark Mathis
Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500115

White Stone Company has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
22
significant & substantial
$9,341
proposed penalties
$9,341
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See White Stone Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
1,061
inspection hours
7.4
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
78 citations across 1,061 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-09-09.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

White Stone Company has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
28.9%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
44.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 89.5% moderate, 2.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.43 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Truck Driver
2023-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2021-03-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2021-03-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2021-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-12-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2015-12-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.93 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.18 0.13 Truck Driver
2009-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-11-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.78 0.13 Truck Driver
2000-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 2.11 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.72 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

White Stone Company recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. White Stone Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 10
2024 10
2023 10
2022 9
2021 9
2020 9
2019 9
2018 9
2017 9
2016 9
2015 9
2014 9
2013 9
2012 10
2011 10
2010 10
2009 10
2008 8
2007 8
2006 8
2005 7
2004 10
2003 11
2002 11
2001 11
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

White Stone Company sits in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Breckinridge County, Kentucky · Population 20,722
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$53,673
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 5,211 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,901 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,027 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,613 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,655 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,253 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,077 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,049 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,481 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,216 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,046 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,838 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,892 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,685 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,412 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,715 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,418 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,332 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,682 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,058 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,829 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,483 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,424 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,881 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,285 1 0 189.2
2019 Q2 5,325 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,748 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,159 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,328 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,375 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,299 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,305 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,067 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,515 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,015 1 0 199.4
2016 Q3 4,727 2 0 423.1
2016 Q2 5,064 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,900 1 1 204.1
2015 Q3 5,070 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,091 1 0 196.4
2015 Q1 4,287 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,061 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,185 3 1 578.6
2014 Q2 5,153 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,972 1 0 201.1
2013 Q4 5,052 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,423 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,383 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,745 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,834 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,074 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,285 1 0 189.2
2012 Q1 5,628 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,697 2 0 425.8
2011 Q3 5,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,193 2 1 477.0
2010 Q4 5,022 3 0 597.4
2010 Q3 5,718 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,318 1 0 188.0
2010 Q1 5,735 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,013 3 1 598.4
2009 Q3 5,403 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,187 1 0 192.8
2009 Q1 5,924 1 0 168.8
2008 Q4 4,685 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,948 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,141 2 0 483.0
2008 Q1 4,052 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,748 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,024 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,832 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,987 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,047 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,861 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,089 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,560 3 0 842.7
2005 Q4 3,785 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,762 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,636 1 0 215.7
2005 Q1 2,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,872 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,780 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,543 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,974 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,501 2 0 363.6
2003 Q3 4,672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,543 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,203 6 3 1153.2
2002 Q4 8,004 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,974 20 8 4020.9
2002 Q1 4,191 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,530 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,124 7 2 1366.1
2001 Q2 5,656 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,809 5 2 1039.7
2000 Q4 5,623 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,590 6 3 1307.2
2000 Q2 4,987 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,671 1 0 214.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 3, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
White Stone Company · Flash burns (electric)

CHECKING OUT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON CRUSHER WHEN AN ELECTRIC BOX BLEW UP, BURNING EE ON RIGHT ARM & SIDE. EE HAS SOME 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON RIGHT SIDE.

1987 · 1 incident

February 5, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FI3ING A TIRE ON WELDER WHEN A TIRE TOOL SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH KNOCKING FOUR TEETH OUT.

1986 · 1 incident

May 15, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PICKING 2UT SLATE FROM ROCK PILE WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF OF LEDGE STRIKING HIM ON BACK LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS & OBSERVATION WAS RELEASED NEXT DAY.

1984 · 1 incident

March 27, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
White Stone Company · Struck by falling object

TEARING DOWN ROCK BIN. WHILE CUTTING OFF PIECE OF BIN WITH CUTTING TORCH IT FELL HITTING LEG CUTTING DEEP GASH IN LEFT LEG.

1983 · 1 incident

August 17, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRY BARON DOZER BLADE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOOT BREAKING BONE IN HIS FOOT